TEDxAlmedalen is returning to Visby

Named the best seminar during the Almedalen Week 2010, TEDxAlmedalen returns again this year. The event will take place on 7th of July and this year’s theme will be The Doers.

After a successful event last year TEDxAlmedalen will take place again in Visby, Sweden. The event is a joint effort by Greatness PR and Twingly and will occur as a private midnight session between 9pm to 12pm in an inner courtyard in Visby.

“I am TEDx-addicted and proud of last year’s event. The theme for TEDxAlmedalen 2010 was How to get followers, fans and friends. This year we push it forward and are welcoming the people who really makes a difference and not just talking about it”, says Joanna Sundström, Creative Director Greatness PR.

The Almedalen Week is a unique meeting point for politicians, debaters, organisations, lobbyists, journalists and entrepreneurs where speech and conversation is fundamental but who is it that really makes a difference? Debates and discussions are important but for TEDxAlmedalen the focus will be on those who transform words into action – The Doers .

“I look forward to enjoying the same wonderful atmosphere I felt last year again”, says co- initiator Anton Johansson. “It’s amazing how great people, interesting talks and a warm summer night can be so inspiring.”

For more information about TEDxAlmedalen:

www.tedxalmedalen.se

Joanna Sundström, Greatness PR
+46 73 346 66 62, joanna.sundstrom@greatness.se

Anton Johansson, Twingly
+46 76 899 88 73, anton@twingly.com

TEDxAlmedalen has no political or commercial orientation and lives by TED´s motto Ideas worth spreading. The speaker list is not yet set and the organizers are welcoming tips.

For more information about TED and TEDx, please contact:

Melody Serafino,
TEDtedxpr@groupsjr.com / tedx@ted.com

About TEDx, x = independently organized event

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organizedevents that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDxevent, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion andconnection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are brandedTEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conferenceprovides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events areself-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)

About TED

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as afour-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support thoseworld-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conferenceinvites the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Theirtalks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have includedBill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, NandanNilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK PrimeMinister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place in Long Beach,California, with simulcast in Palm Springs; TEDGlobal is held each year in Oxford,UK. TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posteddaily, and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactivetranscripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteersworldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptionalindividuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity toput their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a wayto organize local, independent TED-like events around the world; and theTEDFellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globeto become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact oftheir remarkable projects and activities.

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TED2011, "The Rediscovery of Wonder," took place February 28-March 4,2011, in Long Beach, California, with the TEDActive simulcast in Palm Springs,California.